Chapter 218 - Finally went insane! (1/2)
Chapter 218 Finally went insane!
Translated by Gamer @ endlessfantasytranslations.com
Liu Mang released the prisoners which included 9 n.o.ble children and Lu Su. Lu Su kept his mouth shut the entire way! He was very embarra.s.sed as the fact that he got captured. He initially thought he would have made an amazing achievement. Even after the initial failure to capture Wan Cheng, he would have won the battle of Lujiang. Unfortunately, they got defeated and he was captured. Sun Ce even had to withdraw from Wan Cheng after occupying it. The battle of Lujiang was a failure.
This is the first time that Lu Su was at the stage. It was the moment where he was supposed to show the world his talents. He was supposed to let the whole world know that he was a hidden gem! However, the final outcome of his first battle ended up in defeat and the only thing Lu Su has shown was shame!
The other soldiers were happy that they were still alive and grateful that Sun Ce’s messenger came for them. On the other hand, the nine n.o.bles were looking unhappy. Especially Liu Meng and Zhang De who looked at each other with fury in their eyes.
(TN: Now there is a Liu Meng who is 1 letter away from giving me a ma.s.sive headache.)
Although Liu Meng was wearing a long-sleeved robe, one of those sleeves were empty. This was Zhang De’s masterpiece. To save his own life, he hacked at Liu Meng. Fortunately, Liu Meng was not killed but merely fainted on top of a pile of bodies. That is also how he managed to survive being burned. Other than these 9 n.o.bles, the other n.o.bles were already burned to death.
Now the still living Liu Meng was giving Zhang De a death glare. Zhang De was the same. During that moment, n.o.body had the time to look out for others. He has regretted not watching Liu Meng die. As a result, he would receive a severe scolding when he returned to Jiangdong. Both the Liu and the Zhang families were prominent families in Jiangdong. Although they would not immediately have a falling out, the hatred has already sprouted.
The same has happened to the rest of them. Initially they shared a common foe but now they all wanted to make the opposing party and eighteen generations of his ancestors to dig the grave. That was the only way to relieve the hatred in their hearts.
Bao Zhong did not share this hatred as he had surrendered in the beginning. At that time, he was on the walls trying to flee when the path was blocked by the soldiers in black armor. His only other option was to jump down the walls. Bao Zhong was not stupid. Jumping down was just commiting suicide. It was better to be captured and let the Bao family pay the ransom money. At the end of the day, he was the Bao family’s little master. As he was the only son, his father would certainly be willing to pay. His thoughts now s.h.i.+fted to the teenaged archer. Bao Zhong originally thought that his own archery has reached the peak. The only people who could defeat him were veterans like Lu Bu. In fact, it was better if it was Lu Bu as he would still feel honored despite losing. However, he did not meet Lu Bu and instead met with a teenaged archer. Although Bao Zhong was a proud person, he also acknowledged that the teenaged archer was a better archer than him. In the end, Bao Zhong continuously wondered who that person is.
Only the 10 n.o.bles were given clothes to wear. The other prisoners were still in prison but they were given more rice. Wan Cheng did not give them much food before this.
If the Sun Ce’s Army wanted to continue the war, Lu Bu would not mind to secretly kill the prisoners. This is because they do not have any food.
“Zhao Zhong, Liu Meng, Zhang De…..!” Zhang Zhao greeted the n.o.bles. Among these people, only Bao Zhong and Lu Su gave him an impression. The rest were pretty much useless in his opinion. All of them were crafty and masters at backstabbing. However, at the end of the day, these people were just money. That being said, Zhang Zhao still has to greet them as they represented 9 big families. Even when Sun Ce conquered Jiangdong, he had to show respect to these families and even exempted them from taxes!
“Uncle Zhang!” Bao Zhong was scared out of his wits and quickly cupped his fist.
“”Brother Zhang!”” Zhang De and Liu Meng also greeted Zhang Zhao. Their voices seemed united but the two men immediately groaned and continued to give each other the cold treatment.
“What kind of situation is this?” Zhang Zhao looked at the two and it was obvious that something was wrong. However, he did not bother to think about the specific reason as there were more important things to do.
“Zi Jing!” Lu Su was the last of the ten people that was greeted. Lu Su also prepared to speak but was not polite. “Zhang Zhao. I would like to ask. How much did Milord pay for the release of me and the other useless people!”
Lu Su’s words were very harsh and angered the nine n.o.bles. Even Bao Zhong frowned. The sentence meant that all of them were good for nothing. Although Bao Zhong admitted that the rest were indeed worthless, he was unhappy that he was also included in the list. After all, he and Lu Su had the same ambition.
To be called useless was something unacceptable especially for Zhang De. He was the eldest in the family. According to that reason, the family wealth should have been inherited by him. However, due to the lack of ability, his father deprived him of the succession rights and gave an outsider the inheritance. That person initially had to respectfully call him Little Lord but now Zhang De had to call him Lord or Elder Brother. Naturally, Zhang De would feel very sullen.
(TN: The Lord used here is the one used for the master of the house.)
This is why Zhang De took soldiers to war. He wanted to show the others that even he was capable. Zhang De wanted to use this opportunity to affect the Sun Ce’s Army and separate from his original Zhang family. However, they did not manage to capture Wan Cheng and Lu Su’s words agitated him further.
“We are all useless, then don’t tell me, you, Lu Su Zi Jing, is not useless!?” Zhang De sneered.